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The key innovations behind Mansell’s F1 record-breaker

Nigel Mansell and the Williams FW14B delivered one of the most dominant seasons in Formula 1 history in 1992. Technical director Patrick Head explains what made it such a formidable machine. Mansell won nine out of 16 races, clinching the drivers’ title with five races to spare, while Williams also dominated the constructors’ championship. Patrick Head, Williams technical director in 1992 who designed the car along with Adrian Newey, explains the strengths of one of the team’s most successful cars. Semi-automatic gearbox "We raced this for the first time in 1991 but it wasn’t reliable at first and cost us a lot of points. But once we had solved those problems, it was
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